So we started off with a warm up on the bag.
Then we went right into a series of new drills and techniques.
First off was the duck combined with a pivot and eventually a double hit. Graham would swing wide goofy hooks, and I had to duck and pivot into the direction the swing came from and swing twice at his "side". Also I worked on anticipating which side the swings were coming from by watching his shoulders. These went well. I was much more effective in one direction than the other which I guess is expected. The hard part was keeping my balance and ducking to a realistic height.
Next Graham introduced parries or deflecting a punch. The basic movement comes from regular stance with swinging each arm (depending on the situation) in or out to deflect a punch and create an opening. The drill became shuffling up and back while parrying Grahams "punches". I got the hang of this. The basic idea being able to deflect and stay guarded. It was actually pretty funny moving back and forth, but it got the idea across.
Finally, Graham showed me a move that is legal but allowance "depends on the ref". It involves the duct and pivot, but instead of punching or simply backing out, I push the punching elbow. So in essence I force the punch to continue and thus throw the guy off balance. I had some trouble with this, but once I moved in to a realistic distance from my "opponent" getting up in time to catch the elbow became easier.
anyway. new stuff is cool. and the old stuff is improving.
boxing....is pretty sweet.
